くが

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
陸

*⟨kunuga⟩ → /kunuɡa/ → */kunɡa/ → /kuɡa/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Shift from Old Japanese 陸 (*kunuga),[1][2] also attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE[1] and itself a compound of 国 (kunu-, “country, land”, compounding form, not used in isolation) +‎ 処 (-ka, suffix indicating place).[1][2][3] The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

くが • (kuga) 

  1. 陸: [from 720] the land, the land portion of an area, as opposed to seas, rivers, lakes, swamps, etc.
  2. 陸: [mid-1700s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) an overland route, as opposed to an oversea route
    Synonym: 陸路 (rikuro)

Proper noun

くが • (Kuga) 

  1. 陸: a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
玖珂

Derivation uncertain. Might be related to 陸 (kuga, “land area”).

The district was formed in 721, and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū poetry collection of 759.[6]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くが​ [kùgáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[6]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɡa̠]

Proper noun

くが • (Kuga) 

  1. 玖珂: [from 721] a place name: a 郡 (gun, “district”) in Yamaguchi Prefecture

References
  1. “陸”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “陸”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. “くが 【玖珂】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
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